Category: General

When we talk about “healthcare” we are generally referring to many aspects that comprise the system, as a whole. By adding qualifiers, such as “healthcare provider,” or “healthcare system” we can start to examine specific parts. For example, “provider” deals with the people providing the service, while “system” is used to discuss the ways in…

You want the physician treating you to show care, intelligence, and ability; and to know, without doubt, that any treatment you receive, whether surgery or stitches, is going to be provided by a healthcare worker who is qualified and excels at their job. There are ways to research and identify physicians who are capable of…

Corporations, both for-profit and nonprofit, are required by law to have a board of directors. State law has determined that the board is responsible for the health of its organization, and directors have legal obligations to uphold the board’s corporate governance function. In a similar vein, doctors have a medical board that oversees rules regarding…

Asking a system that does not function well in ordinary times to protect our health during extraordinary times only serves to shine an even brighter light into the cracks of the United States’ Healthcare System. The COVID-19 epidemic has uncovered deficits in the healthcare system, many of which were obvious long before the outbreak, but…

When a country faces a pandemic, public health depends upon the quick and effective ability of local health officials and public leaders to follow pandemic prevention standards. These standards are ever evolving, but have been established after years of research. During the last century there have been five influenza outbreaks, alone, and each one has…

Mankind is a long way from winning the fight against viral infection. In fact, it’s arguably a battle we won’t ever win, rather one that we will continue to revisit over and over again as new strains of known viruses arise. In recent decades, several viruses have jumped from animals to humans creating new strains,…

Even before the COVID 19 outbreak in the spring of 2020, telehealth services were evolving and expanding rapidly. An American Well Survey in April of 2019, found that one in five physicians use telehealth to care for patients, and half of those who don’t currently use telehealth say it’s likely or very likely they’ll start…

The inability to breathe can be terrifying and lead to lasting damage, in fact a human can only survive around two minutes without oxygen before permanent damage is likely to occur. One of the most serious  symptoms of an acute respiratory infection is restricted breathing – making respiratory illness an especially dangerous condition. In the…

Here at Miller and Wagner, we work closely with a wide range of medical professionals who help our injured patients. These are the same medical professionals currently working on the front lines during the covid-19 pandemic, and for that we couldn’t be more grateful. Thank you to all the doctors, nurses, and healthcare staff who…

When visiting your physician, there is the basic expectation that you are going to receive the most appropriate and up-to-date treatment for your illness or injury, regardless of who you see and where. You also trust that the physician treating you will treat you in the same way they would treat any other patient suffering…